WSR 97-18-065

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

TACOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

[Filed September 2, 1997, 11:44 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Tuition and fee waivers for full-time employees.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 28B.15.535(3) and chapter 28B.15 RCW, amending WSR 80-01-006 (Resolution No. 79-12), WAC 132V-11-010, filed December 11, 1979.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: To be in compliance with community college tuition and fee waiver changes made by the 1997 legislature.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: State Board for Community and Technical Colleges.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting April Retherford, Associate Dean/Registrar, Tacoma Community College, 6501 South 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98466, phone (253) 566-5046, FAX (253) 566-6011, aretherf@tcc.tacoma.ctc.edu. To be reviewed by the following Tacoma Community College committees in September: Executive staff, management council, classified staff professional development and faculty professional development committees.

August 27, 1997

April Retherford